twitch

英[twɪtʃ] 美[twɪtʃ]
  • n. 抽搐;抽动;痉挛;阵痛
  • vi. 抽搐;抽动;阵痛
  • vt. 使抽动;攫取;猛拉

词态变化


第三人称单数: twitches;过去式: twitched;过去分词: twitched;现在分词: twitching;

助记提示


1. PIE base *twi- "two", from root of two => twist, tweak, twitch, twig.
2. 扭东西时其实就是两端朝两个相反的方向转动,所以意思就是由此引申而来的。
3. 谐音“腿抽、腿扯”----腿部抽动、抽搐。

中文词源


twitch 急拉,抽搐,紧张,痉挛

来自古英语 twiccian,拉,掐,拔出,词源同 tweak.拼写比较 bake,batch.引申词义急拉,抽搐, 痉挛等。

英文词源


twitch
twitch: see twig
twitch (v.)
late 12c., to-twic-chen "pull apart with a quick jerk," related to Old English twiccian "to pluck, gather, catch hold of," from Proto-Germanic *twikjon- (cognates: Low German twicken, Dutch twikken, Old High German gizwickan, German zwicken "to pinch, tweak"). Related: Twitched; twitching.
twitch (n.)
1520s, from twitch (v.).

双语例句


1. He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly.
他身体出现了神经性抽搐,开始不停地眨眼睛。

来自柯林斯例句

2. When I stood up to her, her right cheek would begin to twitch.
当我作出反抗时,她右侧脸庞就会开始抽搐。

来自柯林斯例句

3. As they turned to leave, they saw the curtains twitch in the house next door.
当他们转身要离开时,他们看到隔壁房子的窗帘被猛地扯了一下。

来自柯林斯例句

4. I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder.
我注意到了一些细节:头的往下一沉,肩膀的突然颤动。

来自柯林斯例句

5. If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait.
如果几分钟没有鱼上钩,我就提起钓竿晃动一下鱼饵.

来自柯林斯例句